Linda Engel: YES! YES! YES! So happy and excited for you. Which one did they sign? I am so proud. You were the first one I read when I joined Fan Story. Now i can say , I know this guy.

August 24, 2016 at 11:17PM

Michaelk: Thanks, Linda. I'm super excited too! It's One on one that they signed. I'm still working on Secrets, which is the One on one sequel.

August 25, 2016 at 5:45AM

Linda Engel: One on One was totally AWESOME. If you haven't read this story , please do. (now you can buy the book). Takes place in a prison and has a great ending. Mike you're the best. Can't wait to see how you progress with Secrets. I'm ready for the rest of that story. Can we but One on One? I want my hubby to read it.

August 25, 2016 at 12:47PM

Michaelk: It's just been accepted. I still need to work with the publisher's editor. It should be out by sometime next year. When I know a release date, I'll pass that information along.

August 25, 2016 at 7:18PM

Dean Kuch: Way to go, Mike!
I hope your book is a great success.
Well deserved, buddy...
~Dean

michaelcahill: Awesome. Review to follow soon. I got to get the hard copy in my hand though. This is a sit down with a cup of coffee and turn the page type book. "Hey, I know this guy!" YES!!!! Congrats, Mike.

March 13, 2016 at 8:49AM

Michaelk: Thanks so much, guys. Right now it's only on kindle. Hard copy may come later.

I'm going on hiatus for a while. Recent events in my life have shown me that I need to focus on the future. I'm going to work on getting my novel edited and hopefully published. I'll still drop in from time to time.

michaelcahill: Just don't be a stranger, Mike. I'm excited to hear you're going full force into the next step. You are without a doubt and author who can get published. Traditionally, I think. Please keep us posted. I'm so far behind in reviewing I can just catch up like you're still here. :))
Advice is still available always and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. mikey

BOO ghost: Lets go haunt some cob-webbed corridors. Maybe wee can get a job at the Halloween spook house. I can hang out in the guest room, you can take the cemetery out back when the tick or tr-eaters come. Boo...

October 4, 2015 at 6:17AM

Michaelk: We could visit the basement of the Library of Congress, where they keep all the books on ethics and morality in politics. I hear nobody's been down there in centuries. Should be plenty of nice cobwebs. :)

Wow! I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like there are an awful lot of intimate (horny) writers on Fanstory right now. And that's not a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination.
The posts I've been reading, it just seems like one after another is about sweet, sweet love. But one rises above them all. (unintended pun)
'Who was bettered?' by I Am Cat.
Fair warning, if you read it, have a glass of ice water ready to splash in your face.

August 30, 2015 at 2:57PM

I am Cat: LOL, Michael... Just a glass? ;)
Thank you Michael... I'm truly flattered that it has... 'touched' you
in all the right places. ;)

Turtle... who?: No wonder... and here I've just been piling voodoo dolls on stacks of paper.

August 14, 2015 at 11:28AM

I am Cat: Wait.... Dean told me it was "hair of the Cat" I'm almost bald now trying to get reviews.... Dang it.....
"DEAN! You're in big trouble mister!" (pay no attention to the man behind the curtain) ;)

August 14, 2015 at 3:52PM

Michaelk: Hmm...I wonder who left all these cute little dolls sitting around this yummy eyeball and hair soup.

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." I get the concept, but if you really think about it...
So life should be brutally sliced in half, having its vital fluids and entrails spilled out, then ground up until there is nothing left but a useless husk that you discard. Then you should take the fluids and entrails and drink them?

I really hope life doesn't give me lemons. :)

July 9, 2015 at 9:41AM

rosehill (Wendy): A gory bit of citricide Michael. But sounds like a pithy start to a three-part horror novel series about a colony of trees decimated by Lime disease, ades, and pulpanary fibrosis issues. - Wendy

I learned a valuable lesson today. Sometimes my muse is just wrong. Sometimes a great story concept just falls flat and can't be revived no matter how much I work on it.
These are the times when it's best to throw that puppy into the 'future source material' file for possible recycling at a later date, and move on.

May 19, 2015 at 8:40PM

nor84: Try changing the main character to someone else, or a different POV.

What's worse than writer's block?
Writer's block when you're in the middle of writing half a dozen different stories, a novel, and a script.

January 23, 2015 at 8:11PM

gypsycaravan: Uh-oh. How do you do that? That is amazing to be able to have so many different things going at once. I would have them all intermingled and in a mess.

January 24, 2015 at 5:40AM

Michaelk: That's just the way I've always written. Write a few paragraphs about story A as it comes to me, then write a little about story B as it comes to me. I look at it like building a puzzle, I keep putting in pieces until the whole picture is visible.
Once in a while I will get hit with a major inspiration and be able to write out a whole story or chapter at once. Those are my favorites.
And once the dust settles, I'll edit. :)

January 24, 2015 at 8:13AM

Linda Engel: Mike, Go into the light. Or at least back to the oldest pieces. Remember Alice?

January 25, 2015 at 12:25AM

Michaelk: :) Alice will return, I swear. I just need to get a couple contests out of the way.

"New blood joins this herd, and quickly he's subdued. Through constant pain, disgrace, the young boy learns their rules."
Does that sound like any site we all know and love?
We really need a better way of orienting newbies into the fold.

Here I go again. Every time I get in a writing groove, I 'take a break' to check Fanstory. Three hours later, I'm still on Fanstory without having written another word.
I hate to say it or even think it, but Fanstory is killing my writing!

Have you ever noticed that you never get to 'There'? Every time you get to 'There' it becomes 'Here'.

January 15, 2015 at 10:17PM

michaelcahill: Thank God! I thought it was just me. But, it's you too. But if it's you then it can't be me. So, where am I? Am I there? No, you're there. Am I here? No, you're here too. WOW! You made me disappear..........

January 15, 2015 at 11:58PM

Michaelk: Every time I look at one of those maps that says 'You are here' I look around with paranoia in my heart and take one step to the left to see if the arrow moves. :)

Thank you Fanstory for the new look. You have single-handedly done what I have been unable to do for the last eleven months, break my addiction to Fanstory.
I'm not sure when I'll post again, if ever.

December 3, 2014 at 10:06PM

granny goes viral: I have thought the exact same thing. Better then a 12 step program.

December 3, 2014 at 10:14PM

Carole Rosa: I agree. I wrote 3 Thank You's for the reviews which I received and they didn't go through. Why should I waste my time. I hate this new format. It's not easy to read and it's confusing. I agree with Michaelk. This may break my addiction to FanStory. Carole

December 4, 2014 at 1:50AM

nor84: For those who don't like the new look, Tom has posted a message on the Home Page that they can choose Classic Fanstory if they prefer. I'm not changing back. On a large monitor, the colors are better, and I have no problem navigating. Some bugs have to be squashed, but they will be.

adewpearl: I was complaining about our 28, but I guess I should just be thanking my lucky stars. LOL

November 18, 2014 at 8:26AM

Linda Engel: You could be at the North Pole. In ZGeorgia it will be 54 today, 25 tonight, and back in the 70's this weekend. You all can come visit me no snow. Mike this doesn't mean you can stop writing. (No wonder my muse came home where it is warm)

November 18, 2014 at 8:52AM

Twilightspire: Lol. I love winter, but sometimes it gets a bit ridiculous. Chi-town is freezing over.

Kingsland: Tell that to the eight inches of snow that I shoveled this morning...

November 18, 2014 at 10:58AM

Michaelk: adewpearl: I'll trade you.
Linda Engel: Yes, mistress, I will return to the salt mines.
Twilightspire: You can have my share of Winter.
shelley kaye: I knew someone would bring that up, thank you for not disappointing me. :)
Kingsland: I hear you, we're supposed to get 2 to 5 inches today.

November 18, 2014 at 11:04AM

rosehill (Wendy): Cold enough for me to plead my case for sitting inside and reading and writing poetry. No guilt about avoiding porch painting day for me.

If you stood on the international date line, with one foot on one side and one foot on the other, then set your watch to be one minute fast, would you be living in the past, present, and future all at once?

September 8, 2014 at 11:29PM

michaelcahill: You'd become a disproved axiom and an interesting theory, but you'd no longer exist.

I just had a frightening thought...What if the Hokey-Pokey really IS what it's all about?!?

August 31, 2014 at 9:23PM

michaelcahill: Most of the original lyrics were burned during the Crusades. We are left with words that refer to activities concerned with the hokey aspects of the pagan activities. It is speculated that the pokey aspects are quite a bit more interesting and more than likely are what it is all about. The right wing Crusaders didn't like that...

August 31, 2014 at 9:48PM

Michaelk: Your comments make me think about the lyrics in a whole new way. 'You put your right foot in...'
Disturbing. :)

August 31, 2014 at 10:47PM

innerworlds: Well, if that's what the Hokey-Pokey is all about.... what is the Chicken Dance all about? Or the Peppermint Twist? Or the YMCA? There's got to be more to life than the YMCA! I'll take the Macarena, thank you very much! (0:]

To everyone who read 'The Journey' I want to first say thank you. Second, I have posted the first of two or three scripts that are written as outtakes and/or bloopers to that story. I think you will enjoy it.

Julie000: Hello , How are you doing today? I picked interest on you after going through your short profile now. My name is Juliana, I really want to have a good friendship with you.
I have something very important I really want to discuss with you okay.
Please my dear, I want you to write me back through this my email address okay: juliana4love_direk@hotmail.com

Twilightspire: Yes, please keep writing. This was such a great set of stories and I can't wait to read the finale. You have a huge talent and I would love to see more of your work.

August 7, 2014 at 2:59AM

Michaelk: Sorry, I guess that did sound a little depressed. I only meant that I was sad to end this series because I've really enjoyed writing it. Thank you both for your encouragement though. Greatly appreciated.

August 7, 2014 at 8:02AM

michaelcahill: Yeah, it did sound like you were pulling the coffin lid down. Hahaha. Do like I do, go on and on with no end in sight!

There's just something about that feeling. You know the one. When you've got your theme and your characters, you're writing as fast as you can and the story is unfolding in front of your eyes. You're not even sure where it's coming from and events that come from your own mind surprise you as you type them out.
Yep, that's the zone.

August 2, 2014 at 10:29AM

Twilightspire: It sure is. I've been there for the past week. I've written over 14,000 words the last six days. :D

August 2, 2014 at 10:40PM

Michaelk: Way to go, T.J., good for you! Keep at it, you'll have a novel done in no time. :)

I don't understand contests and writing prompts that say, 'Let's have fun with this' and then charge five bucks to enter.
I would have entered many more contests but I didn't have time to review enough to cover the entry fee plus have time to actually write the story.
That's why the last two contests I created have a two dollar entry fee. I want people to have fun and not go broke in the process.

July 11, 2014 at 3:58PM

prefabmouse: I get what your saying. I have not been on here for very long and may not fully understand how things work yet to make this statement but it seems unfair that you have to buy a certificate when you put something new on here to get it listed so you can get reviews on it. The more you pay the higher you get in the review process. It seems to me that it should run for a few days to a week then if you want to keep it on the review then buy the certificate. What are your thoughts on the subject?

July 13, 2014 at 7:54PM

Linda Engel: Amen, sister! at least a day because not all of your fans are on every day...They are out promoting their book or busy writing. Hey , how about if you vote for the winner you get a money prize. No different than betting on the greyhounds.

I would like to apologize to all those who were contemplating entering my contest 'The Sequel'. Unfortunately I made a mistake and set it to 'blind' entries. Being that this is a contest for sequels, reading the original work is desirable, but nearly impossible to find with blind entries. However this contest cannot be changed at this point. I may do another sequel contest in a few months, with the correct parameters this time. Thanks for understanding and good luck to all those who do enter.

Michaelk: Michael, Thank you very much, yes it is a strange felling.
Torrence, That's fantastic. I wish i would've started when I was younger, but I didn't start writing until I was nearly forty.
Linda, Thank you so very much. I couldn't have done it without a lot of support and input.

Thanks to some well meaning criticism, 'Man child' has been overhauled a bit. I think it is an easier read now. Thank you very much to those who cared enough to point out some weak spots in this story. Please continue to do so.

I finally got around to getting a subscription! Woo Hoo! Now I can annoy the crap out of everyone by posting my useless, underdeveloped, stories. (Just kidding)
Please remember to be brutal when reviewing.

I am so glad I 'discovered' this site. Getting to read all these stories and poems is a real treat. I love the rating system, and hope to soon post some of my own work.
If I review your work, and say something that upsets you, please let me know. That is not my intention. I just want to honestly help make a work the best it can be. I expect no less from reviews that I receive on my work. That's one way we grow as authors.

January 29, 2014 at 1:52AM

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